Charice has won the J-WAVE Tokio Hot 100 Best Newcomer Award after results from an online voting campaign saw her placed above some of the biggest names in music.

The 18-year-old songstress, who is currently in Osaka where she will play the final concert of her 4-gig Japan tour, received her award at the official awards ceremony in Tokio on Thursday night (February 24). It’s understood that she also performed her hit track “Pyramid” on stage as part of the ceremony’s entertainment.

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No comment has been made by Charice, either in an interview or through her Twitter account, but this is most probably because of the fact that an official announcement is expected to be made at 1pm (Japanese time) live on J-WAVE Radio on Sunday, February 27, with the winners in each of the 5 categories to be named.

However, news first broke of her win when an attendee tweeted that Charice had won and later blogged on the event.

Charice was one of 7 candidates in her category, along with Justin Bieber, Ke$ha, Hawaiian-born Bruno Mars, English soul singer/songwriter Rox, Australian rock musician Orianthi, and South Korean girl band Kara.

It was stiff opposition, with Justin Bieber arguably the biggest name in music at the moment, and Ke$ha and Bruno Mars getting considerable chart success in Japan.

However, there was never any doubt that the Laguna-born teenager was the hot favorite for the gong, having become something of a darling of the music scene in Japan.

Her album, “Charice,” was released there last summer and within a few months went gold with sales beating the 150,000-mark. It peaked at No 6 in the Oricon album charts, with her single from the album, “Pyramid,” peaking at No 4.

Her popularity, and not just her chart success, prompted J-WAVE themselves to ask her to record John Lennon’s “Happy Christmas (War is Over)” as the theme for their winter programming. That song went to No 2, while her highly acclaimed collaboration with Unique Zayas, “Wherever You Are,” went to No 1.

始めにベストニューアーティスト部門のシャリース受賞が発表。2010年のJ-WAVE冬のキャンペーンソングを歌ったシャリースが来日公演中で、この授賞式のためにかけつけた。「日本のみなさんにこんなに認めていただいてうれしいです。J-WAVEのリスナーのみなさんありがとう」と喜びの言葉とともに圧倒的な歌声でヒット曲「PYRAMID」を披露した。>>Full story

The Tokyo Hot 100 Awards from the J-Wave radio show Tokio Hot 100 sponsored by McDonald’s was held last Feb24th.

There were 5 categories including best song and best artist with 7 candidates per category. Candidates were all songs and artists that charted in 2010. Winners were chosen by listeners’ votes. Valid votes totaled 18,661. Voting was from Jan. 9 2011

The first winner of the night was Charice in the best new artist category. She sang the campaign song for J-Wave’s winter campaign in 2010. She said: “I am very happy that everyone in Japan has acknowledged me this way. Thank you to all J-Wave listeners.” She performed Pyramid.

Japanese to English translation provided by Mooffin, Charicemania.com –Domo arigato!

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53 Responses to “Charice Wins J-WAVE Best Newcomer Award”

Yahhhh! Charice won! Yahhhhh!!! Anyway, I don’t think it was her music that won her that award, it’s her story that won people’s heart over. I heard pyramid on the radio before I knew the name Charice and to be honest, I didn’t like it that much. When I finally found out who she was and how she got to where she is from her oprah appearances, her short lifestory film she made in PI, performances she did at dff shows, that’s when the hook really set in deep for me. So just want to point out that it’s probably her story that won her that award and many more to come. More power to Charice.

Hi Charice I’m a Middle aged fan from Davao city who has been admiring you and keeping track of you for 2 yrs now. I hope to meet and greet you in the future. I’m one of your mom fans who enjoy reading articles about you and listenin to your videos as well as reading comments from chasters all over the world. just stay sweet and humble as you are and the universe will continue to conspire to bring to complete fruition it’s grandest design for you in the most amazing ways possible! Hail Charice!

Little by little, inch by inch, Charice achcievement are now being recognize world wide, thanks to Chaster Internationale and to people not even consider themselves as a chaster but remarkably believe what this young singer can do.

This is just a start. Just hold to your breath and hold on tight…
its gonna be one heck of a ride…

Keep on supporting chaster. The girl need us and she do really deserve it.

What a big achievement to our princess..gosh..as if i won too..you deserve it Charice..you make us all proud as a fan but as star that was born out of hardwork and patience..you will have a long way to stay as a star our princess because you are just so adorable,humble, hardworking and a role model to all..congratulations Cha..we love you so much!

Charice you rock!! I’m soooo happy for you. You certainly deserve it because you are a very great singer. I hope and pray that your next award will be at the Grammy’s. Also I can’t wait to see your very own concert here in Vegas. Take care of yourself always and God bless!

It’s about time. Congratulations for that well-deserved award! No way but UP for you now and in the years to come; with your pure talent which is way beyond the rest of your contemporaries..and with us pushing your further rise.

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